Spelling and Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards from a spelling and vocabulary list.

Manuscript

Original copy of a book or document before it is printed

Plagiarize

To use someone else's work and pretend it is your own

Biography

An account of someone's life written by someone else

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

Drama

A play for the theater, radio, or television

Moral

A practical lesson about right and wrong

Anecdote

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Comedy

Light and humorous drama with a happy ending

Tragedy

An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress

Publisher

A company or person that produces and issues books, journals, newspapers, or music

Narrative

In the form of a story.

Allegory

A story in which people, animals, or things have hidden meanings to explain or teach some truth

Metaphor

A way of describing something by comparing it to something else without using 'like' or 'as'

Simile

A way of describing something by comparing it to something else using 'like' or 'as'

Pseudonym

A name used by an author instead of his real name

Prose

Ordinary spoken and written language; not poetry

Sequel

A book that continues where an earlier one left off

Fable

A brief story that has a moral and uses talking animals as characters

Mythical

Like a myth; not real

Autobiography

The story of a person's life, written by himself